The cuckoo bee genus Sphecodes Latreille, 1804 (Hymenoptera, Halictidae) in Iran Author Astafurova, Yulia V. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0557-7792 Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya Nab., 1, Saint Petersburg 199034, Russia Author Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. Federal Scientific Centre of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok 690022, Russia Author Schwarz, Maximilian A- 4052, Ansfelden, Austria text Journal of Hymenoptera Research 2018 2018-10-31 66 39 53 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.66.29269 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.66.29269 1314-2607-66-39 EF9187E1BFB7487F8C487ABDE55EC329 DB1BBF43FFF0F113FF82444573623E13 1479993 Sphecodes pinguiculus Perez , 1903 Published records. Bluethgen 1924 : 509, as Sphecodes persicus ; Warncke 1992 : 52 (map); Ascher and Pickering 2018 (Iran, without province). Material examined. Fars : Monti steppici, 5 km N Di Persepolis , 6.VII.1965 , ( 1 ♀ ), leg. Giordani Soika , Mavromoustakis [PCMS]. Hamadan: Hamadan, 10.VIII.1964 , ( 1 ♂ ), leg. G. Bohart [PCMS]. Khuzestan: Half Tapeh, 300 km N di Abadan , Canale Dario , 30.VI.1965 , ( 1 ♀ ), leg. Giordani Soika , Mavromoustakis [PCMS]. Tehran: Elburz, Pulour, 22 km N di Ab Ali , 11.VII.1965 , ( 1 ♀ ), leg. Giordani Soika , Mavromoustakis [PCMS] . Distribution. South Europe, North Africa, Turkey, Israel, Iran (*Fars, Hamadan, *Khuzestan, Tehran), Central Asia, Mongolia, China (Gansu, Inner Mongolia), Russia (east to Buryatia), Cape Verde Islands.